Abies borisii-regis

Abies borisii-regis, Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria

Abies borisii-regis strobili, Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Pinaceae
Genus: Abies
Sectio: A. sect. Abies
Species: Abies borisii-regis

Name

Abies borisii-regis Mattf., Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 235 (1925).

• Lectotype (designated by Liu 1971: 312): [Bulgaria, Tal des Tašna südlich von Selča (ca. 40 km Luftlinie suidlich der Station Kričim an der Bahn Sofia-Plovdiv), ca. 1000 m u. M.] (approx. 41.80°N, 24.39°E), Mattfeld #833, 17. VII. 1924.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Abies cilicica var. borisii-regis (Mattf.) Silba, Phytologia 68: 11 (1990).
  • Abies alba subsp. borisii-regis (Mattf.) Kožuharov & N.Andreev, Opred. Vissh. Rast. Bulg.: 785 (1992).
  • Abies cilicica subsp. borisii-regis (Mattf.) Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 15: 37 (2008).
• Heterotypic
  • Abies cephalonica f. pseudocilicica Guinier & Maire, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 189 (1908)
    • Type locality: Greece: Pindos, Mt Tringia, between Klinovo [Klinon] and Krania.
    • Abies borisii-regis var. pseudocilicica (Guinier & Maire) Viguié & Gaussen, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 58: 280 (1929).
  • Abies alba var. acutifolia Turrill, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 34 (1925).
    • Type: [Bulgaria, C Rodope], "river Gasna", July 1924, Stojanov & Stefanov (Holotype: K).
    • Abies alba subsp. acutifolia (Turrill) Fukarek, Istanbul Üniv. Orman Fak. Yayinl. 209: 92 (1974).
  • Abies × borisii-regis var. pungentipilosa Viguié & Gaussen, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 58: 279 (1929).
• Misapplied names
  • Abies apollinis Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 702 (1884), nom. illeg. non Link

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Yugoslavia [Macedonia]. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Mattfeld, J. 1925. Zur Kenntnis der Formenkreise der europäischen und kleinasiatischen Tannen. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 9(84): 229–246. JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional references

• Liu, T.S. 1971. A Monograph of the Genus Abies. 608 pp., National Taiwan University, Taipei. Reference page. 
• Farjon, A. 1998. World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-025-0. Reference page. 
• Meyer, F.K. 2011: Beiträge zur Flora von Albanien. Haussknechtia, Beiheft 15: 1–220. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Abies borisii-regis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Abies borisii-regis. Published online. Accessed: March 20 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Abies borisii-regis. Accessed: 20 March 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Abies borisii-regis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 March 20. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

български: Българска ела
čeština: Jedle makedonská
Deutsch: Bulgarische Tanne
dolnoserbski: Bulgarska jedła
English: Bulgarian Fir
Esperanto: Bulgara abio
suomi: Kuninkaanpihta
hornjoserbsce: Bołharska jědla
magyar: Makedón jegenyefenyő
íslenska: Búlgaríuþinur
norsk: Kong Boris' edelgran
polski: Jodła bułgarska
svenska: Bulgarisk gran
Türkçe: Bulgaristan göknarı

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